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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of America
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
May 5, 2000
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Separate Account Four of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of America
(the "Registrant")
Registration Statement of Form S-6 (File No. 333-51293)
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j), please be advised that the form of prospectus dated May
1, 2000 of the Registrant, a separate account of The Manufacturers Life
Insurance Company of America, contains no changes from the form of prospectus
contained in post-effective amendment No. 2 under the Securities Act of 1933 to
the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-6 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000 via EDGAR.
If you have any questions, please call the undersigned at (617) 854-8628.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ BETSY ANNE SEEL
Betsy Anne Seel
Senior Counsel
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